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| A scene from film Chumbak |
Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) currently
in its 9th year is set to open its curtains from 10th
– 22nd August under the unifying theme of ‘Inclusion’.
The multi award-winning festival which is the southern hemisphere's greatest
annual celebration of Indian cinema recently announced the details for the
upcoming 12-day festival.
Each year the festival promises to offer Australian and Subcontinent
audiences the opportunity to explore and engage with the diversity of Indian
Cinema in different languages. One of the films IFFM will hold is the screening
of the upcoming Marathi film is Chumbak.
The movie is directed by Sandeep Modi has renowned
lyricist Swanand Kirkire in the lead role. It is a story of friendship between
a 15-year-old table-cleaning-waiter-boy Baalu and his
chance encounter with a 45-year-old
mentally slow man Prasanna that forces him to make a choice between his dreams
and morality. Chumbak is the story of
these two oddballs and their choices that shall shape their life. The film is
presented by superstar Akshay Kumar after being impressed with the movie, in
one of the screenings in Mumbai he decided to present this movie. Chumbak is
slated to release on July 27 in India and
will have its Australian premiere at the festival this year.
Speaking about the premiere, Swanand said, "I
am really excited that our film Chumbak is selected in the Indian Film Festival
of Melbourne and I am really looking forward for the response of Australian
people that how do they receive the film. This is a film about two people, one
little boy and an elderly man. This is a film about 14 year
old boy and a 45 year old elderly
person and this is the film about which path to choose in life, you are always
on the cross roads of right and wrong, of choosing what is good for you and
what is good for everybody else. I am very happy that a superstar like Akshay
Kumar has agreed , I mean he has liked the film so much that he presenting the
film now for us in India".
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